Squamish’s Loutitt second at Vancouver Marathon

Four Sea to Sky runners on the podium

While pro marathoner Thomas Omwenga of Kenya picked up his third BMO Vancouver Marathon title on Sunday, the real story was the performance of Squamish runner Jason Loutitt.

He placed second overall in the race with a chip time of two hours, 25 minutes and 46 seconds, averaging a kilometre every 3:28. While that was almost nine minutes back of Omwenga, it was also two and a half minutes faster than Vancouver's Graeme Wilson.

Naturally Louttit also won his age category, placing first out of 281 athletes in the 35 to 39 age class.

Aaron Heidt of Vernon, who previously lived in Squamish and still holds the record for both Comfortably Numb and Rubble Creek Classic - and earned the Knee Knacker title last summer - placed fifth in 2:29:48.

The top Whistler athlete was Ashley McMillan, who placed 30
th
overall and seventh in the 35 to 39 category with a chip time of 2:52:34.

Kevin Mair was 71
st
overall and 16
th
out of 225 runners in Male 25 to 29 with a time of 3:03:50.

Cathy Owen placed 109
th
in Female 35 to 39 in 4:18:01.

Emma Beck was 150
th
in Female 30 to 34 in 4:42:26.

From Squamish, Sean McCreanor was 363
rd
overall and 58
th
in male 35 to 39 in 3:28:11.

Donna Scott was 23
rd
in Female 35 to 39 in 3:37:18.

Alison Abell was 42
nd
in Female 35 to 39 in 3:48:33.

Marc Johnson was 119
th
in Male 25 to 29 in 3:53:38.

Jennifer Schorz was 53
rd
in Female 30 to 34 in 3:55:11.

Terry Gillespie was 136
th
in Male 25 to 29 in 4:07:09.

Tammy Van Hierden was 64
th
in Female 45 to 49 in 4:15:24.

Daniel Stiner was 112
th
in Male 55 to 59 in 4:56:52.

From Pemberton, Gary Martin was 95
th
in Male 35 to 39 in 3:40:11.

Kamila Basher was 144
th
in Female 35 to 39 in 4:27:40.

Almost 3,300 runners took part in the full 42.2 km Vancouver Marathon, and twice as many - just short of 6,600 - in the accompanying half marathon.

The top Whistler athlete in the 21.1 km race was Ondrea Ross, who placed 199
th
overall, 29
th
among women and second in the Female 35 to 39 age group with a chip time of 1:34:43.